diff --git a/lib/sass/discourse_stylesheets.rb b/lib/sass/discourse_stylesheets.rb
index 46eb49cba..028def076 100644
--- a/lib/sass/discourse_stylesheets.rb
+++ b/lib/sass/discourse_stylesheets.rb
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ class DiscourseStylesheets
   @lock = Mutex.new
 
   def self.cache
+    return {} if Rails.env.development?
     @cache ||= DistributedCache.new("discourse_stylesheet")
   end